RWBY - The Hindenburg on which Rooster Teeth rests its hopes, dreams and future

[Random Internet Person]

So Qrow is blaming his semblance on the main cause of Colver's death and not the fact that he started a fight with Colver rather then go after the weirdo murder cultist?

Also BASED REN

Qrow is fucking bi-polar. I swear he changed his stance three times in the course of one sentence. He starts off blaming Ironwood, then Tyrian was just too much, and then Qrow's semblance, but then Clover was an idiot who just wouldn't listen and finally back to Tyrian again.

Why is Robyn constantly talking about the fight like she wasn't knocked out cold for the majority of it? "He didn't kill him to do anything wrong. I know because I didn't witness jack shit."

And Robyn tries to compare her semblance to Qrows in how it isolates her. I'm sorry, shithead, they're not comparable. Qrow has an uncontrollable super power that forces misfortune on anyone around him all the time, even when his aura is broken. Your super power is being good at telling if someone's lying when they hold your hand. A lot of people can do that without super powers and it doesn't isolate them much.

I'll give this episode one thing, the action scene was actually pretty good, some nice camera work, good pacing, characters actually try to use their abilities creatively and I'm just a sucker for vehicle fight scenes.

Okay, so after a couple of days, the auraless citizens of Mantle are treating the cold as a gentle breeze. About an hour max after Oscar had his aura broken, he's already feeling the effects of the cold.

Ruby and Co go to hide out in Schnee mansion because... Uh... Why are they hiding there? It's not like Ironwood is on their ass, they made a clean escape and haven't been followed, just go back to amity.

And of course, Weiss immediately threatens her brother with bodily harm for not reacting happily that he's being forced to harbor fugitives after she already sunk their family name down the drain.

Oscar is adorably hanging from the Hound's jaws like a chewtoy and Salem has her "At last we meet again for the first time!" speech. Oscar pretends to be Ozpin for some reason and Salem ain't buying it.

Then we just have a rather repetitive scene of Salem asking a question, Oscar saying he don't know shit and then Salem complaining about Ozpin being a liar liar pants on fire before doing rainbow force lighting on Oscar. Scene ends with Hazel coming in to mercilessly beat the little boy to near death for beating him at Haven. "HOw mANy cHIldREn mUSt dIE beCAusE Of yOU!?"

Cinder waits for Salem in a giant hallway that seems like a really weird place to wait for someone, and she wants to go after the Winter Maiden. Salem just repeats that she doesn't care and that Cinder should stay put, still refusing to explain why she hasn't just invaded Haven yet because I don't think even the writers know.

Cinder says fuck it and leaves anyway with Emerald and Neo.

Ren, Yang and Jaune are stuck in the snow with no working transportation and Yang gets pissed that Ren has the audacity to not be happy with this situation and doesn't want to tell Yang (who at this point might as well be a stranger to Ren) about all his issues. There's an argument where Ren kinda agrees with Ironwood and basically repeats points made by critics, including that he doesn't think they should be making such important decisions when they're just some kids who have never grasped what they're doing. Of course, since he's criticising the perfect pure protagonists, this is treated like him being a grade A douchebag who's just trying to bright down the mood, especially when he has the audacity to bring up that Jaune cheated his way into Beacon.

Funny thing about the Jaune cheating mention is that at first I assumed that Jaune had told everyone off screen, but the way they talk about it later makes me think that Jaune sucked so badly that Ren just assumed Jaune cheated his way in.

Best part of this episode is when they're having a heart to heart in the nearest outpost to shelter from the cold. Ren storms out to sulk after Jaune tells him that he doesn't need to 'be strong for yourself' (which sounds like the show dismissing Ren's point even further by implying that his earlier outburst wasn't what he was actually worried about) and then Yang asks Jaune if he thinks 'She' might think less of her due to her deciding to help mantle instead of helping with the Amity plan (which in retrospect really only needed one or two people to infiltrate instead of a group). Jaune responds that Ruby would never think less of Yang... Only for Yang to go "That's right, Ruby.", which is to say she was actually talking about Blake. Because Yang and Blake can't have any worries outside of their fucking love interest.

I actually unironically love this with the caveat that it actually delivers, which it absolutely won't. Is Qrow being stupid? yes, but it makes sense. He is desperate to find some way to not blame himself for Clover's death even though he is 100% at fault. It would be great if after he gets his "revenge" he realizes that he still feels like garbage and comes to accept that he was the one at fault.

To reiterate, THIS WON'T HAPPEN!!! The writers are so obsessed with making Ironwood the bad guy that they won't actually commit to Qrow trying to cope with a death he caused.

Its unreal how fucking Ren of all people is now one of my favorite character up there with daddy Ironwood. Its a shame his outbursts make no sense for his character and he is arbitrarily wrong (even though he is empirically correct) because he isn't 100% on board the Mary Sue train.

This season is so fucking weird. Most of the characters at this point are lamp shading how little depth they have and pointing out how stupid the plot is but the writers insist that its all good and nothing is wrong at the end of each of these speeches. They have acknowledged that they are writing poorly, but don't care and will continue to write poorly to spite the critics. That's all I am getting here.

I feel like this episode offers red meat to all the haters.

 

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Ren, Yang and Jaune are stuck in the snow with no working transportation and Yang gets pissed that Ren has the audacity to not be happy with this situation and doesn't want to tell Yang (who at this point might as well be a stranger to Ren) about all his issues. There's an argument where Ren kinda agrees with Ironwood and basically repeats points made by critics, including that he doesn't think they should be making such important decisions when they're just some kids who have never grasped what they're doing. Of course, since he's criticising the perfect pure protagonists, this is treated like him being a grade A douchebag who's just trying to bright down the mood, especially when he has the audacity to bring up that Jaune cheated his way into Beacon.

Funny thing about the Jaune cheating mention is that at first I assumed that Jaune had told everyone off screen, but the way they talk about it later makes me think that Jaune sucked so badly that Ren just assumed Jaune cheated his way in.

Based and Renpilled.

 

[Xenomorphs Are Cute]

My boi Ren just redpilled these retards & every other character (except Ironwood) is a retard like usual. The action scene was pretty good tho.

NGL, if Ren wasn't based all of a sudden, I would've been sad to watch The Mandalorian yesterday instead of today. You know, one of those heroes who need a hard drink after a wound to gulp down the pain? This show does that to me, but the pain is mental & I used "Iwa Kakeru, Rock Climbing Girls" to still gulp down other retarded parts of the episode.

 

[Notgoodwithusernames]

Ok Ive been busy how have Miles and Kerry screwed up this season?

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

Spoiler: My Live Reaction to Ep 3

Nora and Weiss following up on slapstick from last week. If Nora keeps this personality all episode it will be far better than anything else this season.

Penny being cute and autistic. Seems like Rooster Teeth has done a bit more to try and bring her original personality back to the fore, but it's still pretty inappropriate for the sort of stakes we're talking about. These girls don't seem all that worried about the destruction of Mantle right now.

Blue-haired girl can make the entire team invisible without Jaune's Aura Amp. That's pretty nuts.

Standing in an elevator, with dead air. That's not really a joke I've ever seen in RWBY before. It seems really...inappropriate. You only have fifteen minutes and you're going to waste it by not skipping the elevator scene?

Nora taps all the buttons as she leaves the elevator for literally no reason. That's my girl!

...Okay so they're just bull shitting Ruby's power here? I mean, good back and forth between Blake and Ruby, but this is stupid. There have been zero hints that Ruby could transport other people before. Indeed, in Best Day Ever, when Ruby rushes past other people, she just sweeps them up and knocks them into a wall, definitely retaining their shape and mass. This also makes Ruby broken as shit. There's a reason why D&D doesn't allow wands of teleport. Ignoring all the restrictions of travel with no drawback or limitation is very risky and sets you up to have a lot of questions in the future. There will be many obstacles that RT needs to set up for the plot where the fans will be forced to ask, "but why can't Ruby just zip everyone past this?"

Lol, James is threatening to beat the shit out of Watts, which I am all for.

Watts discovers Penny before Ironwood and his soldiers do. People have already complained about that in the thread, but I don't really take issue with it. It is lent credence by Ironwood essentially running everyone else ragged right now. You make mistakes when you get desperate, and Ironwood is far from perfect even though he has the right motivation.

"READ THE SIGN BILL, READ THE SIGN!" Okay, that was fantastic. See, this is Nora in all her original glory. She's carefree and happy and mischievous. Why can't she stay like this all the time, RT? Why do you have to ruin her with this depression you foisted? Also the Grimm shark poster was gold.

Okay, this is bull shit. Ruby is not invisible when she moves fast. People have seen her before, I'm pretty sure. She's not impossible to track across the battlefield. Those guys should have seen some sort of rose tornado when it went through their main area.

Oh god, the old black man's voice coming out of Penny's mouth as a faded speaker. At least they made it sound speakerish rather than coming directly from her mouth, otherwise that would give me horrible Ginyu Goku flashbacks. Ruby is appropriately disturbed by this.

Blake is upset because Yang and Ruby are arguing and Weiss accurately points out that sisters fight sometimes. One of the biggest failures of Ruby, in my opinion, is that Yang and Ruby do not get nearly enough screen time together to explore their relationship. In Volume 4, Ruby actually just leaves Yang behind, her own sister, after she lost her fucking arm. There was an attempt to make a scene of Ruby trying to help Yang, but...it just made Ruby seem cold and indifferent to me. The fact that they have different last names and look completely different doesn't help either.

Blake and Weiss seem surprised at Nora's maturity. But Nora has always thought the world of Jaune, so I don't know why that would be. Yes, she's not that serious all the time, but she's never skipped a chance to prop up her leader.

Nora is upset because she doesn't know who she really is without Ren, and she's struggling to understand Ren. If she was worried about their progress, why would she leave his side? Sure, the man probably needs some space from her sometimes, but there's no way that isn't already part of how those two operate. They've been on a team together for years now, Ren hasn't just been letting her bother him this whole time when he needed to get away from her. Jaune would have stopped Nora if Ren didn't. So Nora should absolutely be with Ren right now, and having her leave him and doubt herself after doing so...I guess it makes sense if you think she made a mistake, but if you think she thought that Amity Tower was more important than protecting the people, she could have convinced Ren of that, I think.

Penny is upset that she can't stay and protect Mantle, but everyone else is once again admitting that James was right and that Penny is too important to risk falling into Salem's hands. If that was the case, there's no reason she shouldn't have gone up to Atlas already, but hey, what do us plebs know, huh?

Harriet is pissed. Good. And Penny is still avoiding the big picture. The Ace Ops are making good points here.

Ruby has a point that opening the vault will eventually lead to Salem getting the relic, but anyone could make the same argument about Penny. No matter where Penny goes, if she is needed to open the vault, Salem will find her and get the relic anyway. So ultimately, refusing to take the relic to try and use it against Salem is just handicapping themselves. Once again, Ruby is a short sighted, naive leader who shows her total inexperience in war.

Alright, 4 on 1. This should be good. Penny can fly and has long reach with her...oh, she's just going to start spamming maiden powers now? Powers she's never used before? Okay then.

Wait, can't Dog Boy just yell "STAY" and then the other three go to town on Penny? This is a bit absurd that he's not using his semblance here.

Good action choreography as usual. I'm loving Harriet and Penny's movements.

Oh look, I was right. Why didn't he do that from the start? That was pathetically easy. If I'm Harriet, I'm pissed at dog boy for letting me get my ass beat for so long.

That was fast. Nora opened that door in about four seconds. Why didn't she do that from the start? That was pathetically easy. If I'm Penny, I'm pissed at Nora for letting me get my ass beat for so long.

Wait, did the robot seriously walk up and touch the girl who just absorbed a shit ton of electricity into her body? Even if nothing happened, I feel like Penny would know better than to risk it. She could have just gotten her circuits fried.

Oh, NOW she can't touch the HAMMER. Okay RT. Okay.

And then in the next shot she's literally carrying Nora with the hammer on her back! Why? Why couldn't someone else carry the hammer? This is stupid, RT. She's a robot. There's no reason one of the non-robot warriors there can't handle the girl who is overcharged with electricity.

Watts gives an evil sounding dialogue at the end and they still trust him. Joy.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

Ok Ive been busy how have Miles and Kerry screwed up this season?

They usually way the fuck things up times 10. Everyone in the show is basically their bitch now, just like everyone who either works on the show or watches it unironically like twitter, reddit and (most of) 4chan.

I personally just want to see one of these characters die now, or Salem to just take over Remnant and get it over with. Literally the only good part of the recent episode as others have pointed out is the chase scene, as every time a character talks, it's either pointless, needlessly aggressive or completely shat on by how awful and contradictory the two write them.

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

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Spoiler

Ren is my hero. Said everything I was saying in Episode 1 and 2. These kids are in way over their heads and they have no right to be making big life changing decisions that could get innocent people killed. Also saving Mantle and losing Atlas isn't a reasonable solution.

And yeah, Jaune did cheat his way into Beacon and no one ever held him accountable for that mistake.

Yang is still showing that she's the worst. She's more worried about Blake than her own sister. Gotta love the Raven influence on the main character. Remember when all she did was make puns? I'm glad that they forced her into a relationship so they would have to dedicate time to show it's still going on so they aren't accused of tokenism.

 

[Chilson]

Spoiler

Ren is my hero. Said everything I was saying in Episode 1 and 2. These kids are in way over their heads and they have no right to be making big life changing decisions that could get innocent people killed. Also saving Mantle and losing Atlas isn't a reasonable solution.

And yeah, Jaune did cheat his way into Beacon and no one ever held him accountable for that mistake.

Yang is still showing that she's the worst. She's more worried about Blake than her own sister. Gotta love the Raven influence on the main character. Remember when all she did was make puns? I'm glad that they forced her into a relationship so they would have to dedicate time to show it's still going on so they aren't accused of tokenism.

The worst thing is that you know Nora is probably going to die this chapter and Ren is going to have a "come to Jesus" moment where he realizes all the Mary sues were right (which they aren't, but fuck logic at this point).

The best thing for his character would be to die and be saved from being an absolutely worthless character like Pyrrha...which is fucking sad when you realize that only main characters with some degree of passable writing die and the shit ones always remain.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

The worst thing is that you know Nora is probably going to die this chapter and Ren is going to have a "come to Jesus" moment where he realizes all the Mary sues were right (which they aren't, but fuck logic at this point).

I assume the opposite will occur. They'll kill Ren off for being too based and make it so that he concludes that he was "wrong" and should have seen the light.

 

[Kingu Cinnamon]

The worst thing is that you know Nora is probably going to die this chapter and Ren is going to have a "come to Jesus" moment where he realizes all the Mary sues were right (which they aren't, but fuck logic at this point).

The best thing for his character would be to die and be saved from being an absolutely worthless character like Pyrrha...which is fucking sad when you realize that only main characters with some degree of passable writing die and the shit ones always remain.

If Nora dies because of the wounds that she got from getting the codes to activate amity... ya know Ironwoods plan in the first place then that will be extra lulz worthy

 

[Random Internet Person]

The worst thing is that you know Nora is probably going to die this chapter and Ren is going to have a "come to Jesus" moment where he realizes all the Mary sues were right (which they aren't, but fuck logic at this point).

The best thing for his character would be to die and be saved from being an absolutely worthless character like Pyrrha...which is fucking sad when you realize that only main characters with some degree of passable writing die and the shit ones always remain.

I assume the opposite will occur. They'll kill Ren off for being too based and make it so that he concludes that he was "wrong" and should have seen the light.

Either way, it could be a net gain because some fat is trimmed from the character list...but also we’re left wondering how characters from the show’s B team could have been handled better.

 

[Don't Tread on Me]

The worst thing is that you know Nora is probably going to die this chapter and Ren is going to have a "come to Jesus" moment where he realizes all the Mary sues were right (which they aren't, but fuck logic at this point).

The best thing for his character would be to die and be saved from being an absolutely worthless character like Pyrrha...which is fucking sad when you realize that only main characters with some degree of passable writing die and the shit ones always remain.

I assume the opposite will occur. They'll kill Ren off for being too based and make it so that he concludes that he was "wrong" and should have seen the light.

I think you're both wrong. Nora and Ren will be trying to reunite in the last episode and they will meet each other and try to make up and in that one instant they both get nuked at the same time. Probably as soon as they touch so it can be double tragic.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

Either way, it could be a net gain because some fat is trimmed from the character list...but also we’re left wondering how characters from the show’s B team could have been handled better.

The amount of characters in the show is only a problem because the writers are shit at handling them. MHA has a colossal cast, and manage to not be an unmitigated shit show.

 

[SteelPlatedHeart]

I do recall a popular theory that all of the B team will die because of who they’re all based on.

 

[The Sauce Boss]

I do recall a popular theory that all of the B team will die because of who they’re all based on.

That's been a thing since it was revealed who they were based on.

I still have a twenty in the deadpool that all these death flags are a decoy and they're going to kill Jaune since Miles is leaving RT.

 

[Dumpster dived waifu]

That's been a thing since it was revealed who they were based on.

I still have a twenty in the deadpool that all these death flags are a decoy and they're going to kill Jaune since Miles is leaving RT.

Would be absolutely hilarious if he dies and any emotional impact of that death gets cucked.

 

[Chilson]

That's been a thing since it was revealed who they were based on.

I still have a twenty in the deadpool that all these death flags are a decoy and they're going to kill Jaune since Miles is leaving RT.

We can only hope

 

[The Sauce Boss]

We can only hope

I hope not, he's the only character I even like anymore, which is saying something considering he was, up to last volume, my least favorite character.

 

[Random Internet Person]

The amount of characters in the show is only a problem because the writers are shit at handling them. MHA has a colossal cast, and manage to not be an unmitigated shit show.

I get that’s the key to avoiding bloat, but the way RWBY has handled characters has been amazingly bad. Of all the ways to copy shonen anime, they can’t figure out how to do the “massive character roster”.

 

[Jewelsmakerguy]

I get that’s the key to avoiding bloat, but the way RWBY has handled characters has been amazingly bad. Of all the ways to copy shonen anime, they can’t figure out how to do the “massive character roster”.

They only got three options from what I've seen:
- Kill them off
- Forget they even exist
- Focus on multiple people at the same time and make them all underdeveloped assholes.

Kind of sad, really.